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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a wolf bites, what should Mowat do, according to a woman in Churchill?
(a) Bite back
(b) Run away
(c) Play dead
(d) Spray pepper

2. What does the pilot from Yelllowknife look like?
(a) Short and stout
(b) Rather disabled
(c) A weight lifter
(d) Tall and lanky

3. What is Mike's attitude toward Mowat?
(a) Disinterested
(b) Disdainful
(c) Friendly
(d) Suspicious

4. How many pilots were available in Churchill by the time Mowat arrived?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Four
(d) Three

5. What gear is labeled "danger?"
(a) Shotguns
(b) Grain alcohol
(c) Smoke generators
(d) Grenades

6. Mowat planned to test his theory by:
(a) Preventing the wolves from hunting any prey but mice for several months
(b) Eating only mice for a time, then eating fresh fish and canned meat
(c) Eating only mice, then comparing himself to Mike, who lived on caribou
(d) Feeding only mice to a dog, while feeding caribou to another dog

7. As a child, Farley Wowat lives in which Canadian city?
(a) Oakville
(b) Centreville
(c) Wesleyville
(d) Middleville

8. What does Mowat show to Mike?
(a) Photo supplies
(b) Family pictures
(c) Scientific equipment
(d) Ammunition

9. Mike's cabin is surrounded by
(a) Caribou bones
(b) Wolf droppings
(c) Wolf track
(d) Large stones

10. What does Mowat purchase in order to replace his grain alcohol?
(a) Rubbing alcohol
(b) Bleach
(c) Formaldehyde
(d) Beer

11. What language does Mowat hear on his radio?
(a) Spanish
(b) English
(c) Norwegian
(d) French

12. What happens to Mike's cabin in the spring?
(a) It floods
(b) It collapses
(c) It blows away
(d) It burns down

13. How much territory do they cover in a nightly hunt, according to Farley Mowat's estimates?
(a) Twenty or thirty miles
(b) Forty or fifty miles
(c) Thirty or forty miles
(d) Ten or twenty miles

14. What does Uncle Albert do to his offering of food?
(a) Eat it
(b) Bury it
(c) Push it away
(d) Pee on it

15. What is Mowat counting to get to sleep?
(a) Wolves
(b) Mice
(c) Numbers
(d) Sheep

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mowat, wolves mate:

2. Mowat's directive was to transport by what means?

3. The Department of Mines and Resources wants to save what species?

4. The following day, Mowat investigates what?

5. Through his binoculars, Mowat sees a moving object that resembles what?

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